AOLserver Chat Logs

2006/02/21

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IRC [14:35] <DennisS> hmm not many people in here
IRC [14:37] <frankie> few but good
IRC [14:37] <DennisS> is aolserver still being actively developed?
IRC [14:38] <frankie> afaik yes :)
IRC [14:38] <Dossy> define "actively."
IRC [14:38] <DennisS> lol
IRC [14:38] <frankie> Dossy: :)
IRC [14:38] <DennisS> well
IRC [14:38] <DennisS> good question
IRC [14:39] <Dossy> The answer is "yes, but it doesn't always look like it."
IRC [14:39] <DennisS> I guess, if there isn't a demand for new features and its relatively bug free...
IRC [14:39] <Dossy> frankie: btw, thanks again for your excellent packaging for Debian. Does Ubuntu also pick up your package?
IRC [14:39] <frankie> Dossy: yes, in universe
IRC [14:39] <Dossy> DennisS: We don't like to think of it as "not actively developed" but rather "very mature and stable." :-)
IRC [14:40] <Dossy> But, there are some long-standing bugs which are generally not critical (IMHO - I could be wrong) ...
IRC [14:40] <Dossy> I DO want to turn 2006 into a bug-stomping year, though.
IRC [14:40] <Dossy> We need to address all those (ugh) long-standing issues, and wrap up the 4.5.0 release. And, I need to (sigh) get off my ass and tag the 4.0.11 release.
IRC [14:40] <Dossy> What we really need is a few contributing volunteers to take the lead on these things. *heh*
IRC [14:41] <frankie> eh, so i could release .11 too
IRC [14:41] * frankie hides
IRC [14:41] <Dossy> yes!
IRC [14:41] <Dossy> frankie: torben sent me the summary of the changelog, I just need to make sure everything is okay and tag...
IRC [14:41] <Dossy> I really need to find someone who gets really excited about Release Management and them to volunteer.
IRC [14:42] <frankie> don't look at me
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IRC [14:42] <Dossy> Aww.
IRC [14:43] <DennisS> what will be in 4.5.0?
IRC [14:43] <Dossy> That's a good question. Need to gather all that information for the "What's New" portion of the release notes.
IRC [14:44] <Dossy> Stack checking is back in 4.5.0.
IRC [14:45] <Dossy> (In a multi-threaded app., stack checking is important for detecting buffer overruns and deep call trees blowing your thread stack, etc.)
IRC [14:45] <Dossy> you know, I'm going to start the what's new page on the wiki
IRC [14:46] <DennisS> so are you the aolserver development team Dossy?
IRC [14:48] <Dossy> More detailed information when logging uncaught Tcl errors. Especially for connection threads, details of the HTTP request are logged to make diagnosing the root cause of errors easier.
IRC [14:48] <Dossy> I'm a member of, yes.
IRC [14:48] <Dossy> I might even call myself the leader of, but I'm not much of a leader.
IRC [14:50] <DennisS> :)
IRC [14:59] <Dossy> I need to run, but I'd be happy to answer more questions ... you can catch me online here, or email me - dossy@panoptic.com
IRC [15:07] <DennisS> thx dossy
IRC [15:27] <tekbasse> Dossy, don't forget to create a wiki page explaining howto manage releases.. so that others can decide for themselves if they can do it before volunteering etc.
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IRC [19:51] <Dossy> tekbasse: yeah, I need to start describing some roles/positions that I think need to be filled, thanks for the reminder.
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